This will disappear into the ether like tears in the rain but the whole point is that we know nothing about that part of the world and it's going to bite us in the ass every time
Sad to just abandon those seats but yeah
Even more treacherous than the Strait of Hormuz is the Strait of Hormel, if the terrorists strike there will be a pepperoni crisis the likes of which you cannot imagine
A headline that says "Khamenei's son Mojtaba is alive and favored to succeed him, Iranian sources say" and a picture of a Yu-Gi-Oh character named Mokuba
Nobody will get this
Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started
SAM ALTMAN: "People talk about how much energy it takes to train an Al model ... But it also takes a lot of energy to train a human. It takes like 20 years of life and all of the food you eat during that time before you get smart."
βEvil starts when you treat other people as things. There are perhaps worse crimes, but they begin when you treat other people as things.β - Terry Pratchett
@alfie.photography hi Alfie, my son and I are coming to Tokyo the beginning of April. We'd love to go walking with you and learn some photography, if you're free.
Buying a Toradora timer
The Washington Postβfor which I wrote editorials for nearly a decadeβhas closed its Kyiv bureau.
@lawfaremedia.org has notβand we will not.
We now employ more people in Kyiv than the Washington Post.
Let me tell you about what we have done in Ukraine over the past year and why we are not leaving
ProPublica has identified Alex Prettiβs killers
www.propublica.org/article/alex...
"I dissent, therefore, from this legalization of racism. Racial discrimination in any form and in any degree has no justifiable part whatever in our democratic way of life. It is unattractive in any setting, but it is utterly revolting among a free people who have embraced the principles set forth in the Constitution of the United States. All residents of this nation are kin in some way by blood or culture to a foreign land. Yet they are primarily and necessarily a part of the new and distinct civilization of the United States. They must, accordingly, be treated at all times as the heirs of the American experiment, and as entitled to all the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution."
Justice Frank Murphy's vehement dissent, condemning the Court for upholding FDR's Exec Order 9066 in resembling "the abhorrent and despicable treatment of minority groups by the dictatorial tyrannies which this nation is now pledged to destroy" β is worth revisiting. 3/
#Korematsu Day
"The members..were Steven E. Koonin; John Christy; Judith Curry; Roy Spencer, a meteorologist; and Ross McKitrick, an economics professor. All of them have questioned the scientific consensus that climate change poses severe risks to the planet and to human health".
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/c...
For decades the Right has daydreamed about saving their country from monsters, they finally got the chance and it turns out they love the monsters. The monsters are even monstrous in the exact ways they fantasized about! You never have to listen to these guys about anything again
me, emotionally writing an essay on the use of force by federal agents: ok but what if i packaged this in the most insane way possible www.theverge.com/policy/86857...
This is so demented and so good
Protected speech made my agents murder these people, says federal official
started getting instagram ads for mira's toddler-sized gas masks while putting together this article. also, at the same time, saw videos of that preschool getting tear gassed. no we will not be adding a section on the best gas mask for toddlers www.theverge.com/policy/86857...
Even under SCOTUS's dubious reasoning in Trump v. U.S., there is no scenario in which maneuvering billions of dollars to an offshore account to keep it out of reach from Congress and courts is an "official act." This is all criminal and impeachable.
Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
New at Can We Still Govern: NIH scientist @markhisted.org reviews the damage done to American biomedical science in the last year and looks ahead:
"Scientists should not be political partisans, but they should be partisans for liberal democratic principles."π§΅
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/american-b...
I don't think it matters whether or not Alex Pretti had a gun www.theverge.com/policy/86745...
See the full comic here: https://theonion.com/to-noem-is-to-love-em/
We also made a Sinister Minnesotans hoodie and onesie.
All proceeds go to aid organizations in Minnesota refusing to back down from the ICE agents polluting their great state.
Fuck ICE, and thank you to @raygunsite.com and @wardsutton.bsky.social for the hustle.
store.theonion.com/collections/...
Tomorrowβs front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doorsβthey deserve to be defunded, and Iβll take any step in that direction.
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing heβs a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
=9 THE HILL Kamala's newest lie: Trump will send the army after you BY DEREK HUNTER, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR - 10/16/24 8:00 AM ET GE FOLLOW ON Google News f EDOM HARR THE HILL PERISTIVANIA DAILY DEBRIEF
Β© Reuters My News Q Pentagon readies 1,500 troops for potential Minnesota deployment, US officials say By Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart and Chandni Shah January 18, 2026 8:33 AM CST β’ Updated 33 mins ago θ΄ Aa NO TROOPS IN OUR CITIES!
How it started/how it's going
I no longer recognize this country.
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
next reporter who interviews stephen miller should ask him point blank if his goal in minneapolis is to kill more americans
